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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Trying not to hate on... Michelle Obama looking GORGEOUS for the State Dinner

The picture above shows the Obamas prior to the first State Dinner of the 44th Presidency. With them are Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur. Mrs. Obama's dress was designed by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan. Why is she 45 looking better than a lot of 30-year olds? Do you see her arms? The earrings? LOVE IT!

Why do they look like they are having more fun than anyone else in the room? After all these years, they still have that spark. Performing at the White House tonight are Jenmifer Hudson, A.R. Rahman (an Oscar winner who helped create some of the music for the film "Slumdog Millionaire.") and Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch.

Okay, I'm hating a little bit. She looks great and it looks to be a lovely evening for all.

Okay, here's my question -- why is the media so obsessed with Obama's first state dinner? I don't remember this kind of media coverage for President Bush's first state dinner. (and Bush was known for his malapropisms) Did they expect he was gonna break out the Black eyed peas and fried chicken? CNN was following everything. It was a blow-by-blow description. Why? He is the President of the United States and he is giving a state dinner. Cool. It was like they were waiting for him to do something stupid. It was like they wanted to see what this president would do, like it wasn't entirely predictable. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

ecthompson, I do remember the first state dinner with the Clintons. they trotted out Leticia Baldridge and I watched it all on C-Span. but, outside of that, yeah, what you said......they were waiting for the hamhocks and fried chicken.